news, !paper 2024-08-18

832 Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules / reason.com / 448

516 Markov chains are funnier than LLMs / emnudge.dev / 233

486 Dasel: Select, put and delete data from JSON, TOML, YAML, XML and CSV / github.com/TomWright / 83

451 Roblox is the biggest game in the world, but is unprofitable / matthewball.co / 556

369 Show HN: PgQueuer – Transform PostgreSQL into a Job Queue / github.com/janbjorge / 122

358 Google took three months to remove scam app that stole over $5M / theblock.co / 214

344 Leaving Neovim for Zed / stevedylan.dev / 316

343 Mike Mageek is dead / fudzilla.com / 66

311 NASA acknowledges it cannot quantify risk of Starliner propulsion issues / arstechnica.com / 444

264 Algorithms we develop software by / grantslatton.com / 106

262 Ask for Advice, Not Permission (2015) / boz.com / 105

217 How the OCaml type checker works (2022) / okmij.org / 42

213 Getting back into C programming for CP/M / kevinboone.me / 101

204 Detailed Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution in the U.S. / projects.propublica.org / 43

191 The brain simulates actions and their consequences during REM sleep / biorxiv.org / 63

183 The Expert Mind [pdf] (2006) / personal.utdallas.edu / 107

177 Micro-libraries should never be used / bvisness.me / 169

171 Eric Schmidt deleted Stanford interview / youtube.com / 131

167 Prompt Caching / docs.anthropic.com / 67

148 Transponder Landing System enables precision approaches at McMurdo in Antarctica / flightradar24.com / 41

148 Surveillance Watch – the hidden connections within the surveillance industry / surveillancewatch.io / 37

144 Debugging operating systems with time-traveling virtual machines (2005) [pdf] / usenix.org / 27

141 UK launches its first Earth-imaging military satellite / theguardian.com / 108

135 CSS adds vertical centering in 2024 / build-your-own.org / 44

134 On Being a Senior Engineer (2012) / kitchensoap.com / 101

127 Greenwich schools to ban most cellphones, Apple Watches, Fitbits and more / greenwichtime.com / 223

122 A road safety plan that will lead to cars communicating with each other / engadget.com / 430

119 Tell HN: X stopped requiring authentication, nitter works again / nitter.lucabased.xyz / 96

113 Apple might be implementing a VPN censorship order in Brazil / status.proton.me / 103

109 Parents outraged at Snoo after smart bassinet company charges fee to rock crib / independent.co.uk / 182

106 How high speed fiber optic internet cables are made / washingtonpost.com / 43

106 Alain Delon has died / theguardian.com / 32

105 Show HN: I Made a Website for Problems / theproblemplatform.com / 63

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